Dustin Hoffman movie quotes

“I think the reason why Mommy left... was because for a long time... I kept trying to make her be a certain kind of person. A certain kind of wife that I thought she was supposed to be. And she just wasn't like that. She was... She just wasn't like that. I think that she tried for so long to make me happy... and when she couldn't, she tried to...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer

“- Sandy: No, I'm not worried about that audition.
- Michael Dorsey: Why? Why are you so worried?
- Sandy: Because I'm not gonna get it, I'm not gonna get it, because I'm completely wrong for it.
- Michael Dorsey: Why, what kind of a part is it?
- Sandy: A woman!”
Teri Garr - Sandy
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“- Sam Daniels: Anything I can do to help?
- Major Salt: Just don't make me nervous.”
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Major Salt

“- John Bubber: So you don't want the credit?
- Bernie LaPlante: I don't take credit; I'm a cash kind of guy.”
Andy Garcia - John Bubber
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Conrad Brean: You're playing with your life here.
- Stanley Motss: Fuck my life! I want the credit.”

Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean
Dustin Hoffman - Stanley Motss

“- Kevin Hollander: I'm who Americans trust for their news.
- Brackett: You really shouldn't let a marketing slogan go your head.”
Alan Alda - Kevin Hollander
Dustin Hoffman - Brackett

“The last thing to determine conclusively is whether you're in a comedy or a tragedy. Tragedy, you die. Comedy, you get hitched.”
Dustin Hoffman - Professor Jules Hilbert

“- Bernard: Sometimes, Willy, it's better for a man just to walk away.
- William 'Willy' Loman: Walk away?
- Bernard: That's right.
- William 'Willy' Loman: But if you can't walk away?
- Bernard: I guess that's when it's tough.”
David S. Chandler - Bernard
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Captain James Hook: Peter. I swear to you wherever you go, wherever you are, I vow there will always be daggers bearing notes signed James Hook. They will be flung into doors of your children's children's children, do you hear me?
- Peter Banning: What do you want, old man?
- Captain James Hook: Just you.”
Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook
Robin Williams - Peter Banning

“- Charlie Babbitt: Listen, Ray, our dad died, that means he's not with us anymore. Did they tell you about that?
- Raymond Babbitt: I don't know.
- Charlie Babbitt: You don't know if they told you or you don't know what death is?
- Raymond Babbitt: I don't know.”
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt
Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt

“- Chuck Clarke: I feel so small when I look at the stars. How big is Venus?
- Lyle Rogers: How big is Mars?
- Chuck Clarke: I feel so small when I look at the sky. How big is Heaven?
- Lyle Rogers: How big am I?”
Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke
Warren Beatty - Lyle Rogers

“A man who can't handle tools is not a man.”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“There's things you have to do - which reminds me - you know this hero business? One of the things you learn as you grow older is that life gets very complicated... weird, actually. It's, you know, like people aren't exactly like they seem. Nothin' is. Life gets unbelievable... Uh, it gets normal as you get older.”

Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Billy Kramer: Will she pick me up after school?
- Ted Kramer: Probably. And if she doesn't I will.
- Billy Kramer: What if you forget?
- Ted Kramer: I won't forget.
- Billy Kramer: What if you get run over by a truck and get killed?
- Ted Kramer: Then Mommy will pick you up.”
Justin Henry - Billy Kramer
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer

“Loyalty is fine, but this is business.”
Dustin Hoffman - Teach

“What kind of mother would I be if I didn't give my girls tits... tips?”
Dustin Hoffman - Dorothy Michaels

“- Captain Hook: Prepare to die, Peter!
- Peter Banning: To die would be a grand adventure!
- Captain Hook: Death is the only adventure you have left!”
Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook
Robin Williams - Peter Banning

“Today, it's all cut and dried, and there's no chance for bringing friendship to bear or personality. You see what I mean? They don't know me anymore.”

Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Harold 'Happy' Loman: I'm gettin' married, Mom. I wanted to tell you.
- Linda Loman: Go to sleep, dear.
- Harold 'Happy' Loman: I just wanted to tell you.
- William 'Willy' Loman: Keep up the good work.”
Stephen Lang - Harold 'Happy' Loman
Kate Reid - Linda Loman
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Casey Schuler: How many brain cells did I kill?
- Sam Daniels: How many? About a billion.
- Casey Schuler: Oh, now I'm only as smart as you.
- Sam Daniels: What can we give him to kill his sense of humor?”
Kevin Spacey - Casey Schuler
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels

“- Bernie LaPlante: Fletcher! Hey, Fletcher! Where are you?
- Mr. Smith: Sir, please help me!
- Bernie LaPlante: Are you Fletcher?
- Mr. Smith: No, my name is Smith.
- Bernie LaPlante: Well, fuck you! Where's Fletcher?”

Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Chuck Clarke: You mean you bought a camel?
- Lyle Rogers: No, I didn't really buy it. They sold it to me! I think that something went wrong and now I own a blind camel. A blind camel!”
Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke
Warren Beatty - Lyle Rogers

“- Linda Loman: I bought a new kind of American-type cheese. And - it's whipped.
- William 'Willy' Loman: Why do you get American when I want Swiss?
- Linda Loman: I thought you'd like a change.
- William 'Willy' Loman: I don't want a change! I want Swiss cheese! Why am I always being contradicted?
- Linda Loman: Well, I wanted it to be a surprise.”
Kate Reid - Linda Loman
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“You take the fruit of forty years - hard lessons, mistakes - and you call it wisdom.”
Dustin Hoffman - Stanley Motss

“Remember, start big and you'll end big.”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman